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Mac mini 2018 Reviews Roundup: Long-Awaited Update Should Impress Fans and Pro Users, But Upgrade Options Can Get Pricey
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Isn‘t there a educational online store?
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Thanks, I‘ll get why you‘d need such a monster of a computer now!
Mine is scheduled for delivery today (a day early) and since I'm not going to be home, I was able to have it held at my local UPS customer center. Of course, it closes before I get off work tonight (on a 14 hour shift) so it still won't be in my hands until tomorrow afternoon. Can't wait!
They leave that up to the forum. Always plenty of negativity to go round there.
Don't get me wrong, I've using macOS since I was 16 and I value it more than any other OS. I almost went down the Hackingtosh route!
And that's why God created Windows computers. Go for it and be happy getting some of that respect you're craving, back. Easy.
I'm really looking forward to the teardown to see the heatsink... That was always the weakspot of the Mini. No point in having a hexacore if the CPU cooler can't handle the load of the quadcore.
So, if Apple doesn't have ports, then people complain about lack of expandability.
If Apple does have ports, then people complain about hooking stuff up to them is "too messy".
Got it.
If you can afford go the Mac Pro route.
I’m also motion designer and still have a 2011 MP cheese grater decked out running very fast.
I can’t wait for the new MPs, hopefully next year.
You're not, I assure you.
I covet one severely!!!
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That was true... until SSD came along and "reset" mass-storage prices by more than a DECADE.
I couldn't wait for the Mac Pro and I need Nvidia cards for Octane/Redshift so a PC was the best route. My new PC is insanely powerful and all for a crazy low price. It's harder and harder to stay with Apple when you can get machines like this.
The C|Net review states that the RAM is not user upgradeable, but instead requires a trip to a service center. Anyone aware of this issue?
Prove it will throttle. Point me to a review that shows it throttling.
I hear you.
I just can’t stand the OS and headaches, that’s why I won’t move into PCs despite their lower prices.
Then why does Crucial sell RAM upgrades for the new mini?
C|Net isn't the sharpest tool in the drawer.
I am still confused with what I can do with the ports. E.g. this SSD drive
https://www.lacie.com/products/portable-ssd/
Can I use it with the new Mac mini? It says USB-C and not Thunderbolt 3. Is it the same?
https://www.lacie.com/products/portable-ssd/
Can I use it with the new Mac mini? It says USB-C and not Thunderbolt 3. Is it the same?
I never whine about most stuff from Apple, but seeing the 128gb SSD for $799...yikes.
No graphics card? Would you rather the new mini constantly thermal, or sound like a jet engine? Need more GPU? I have one acronym for you: eGPU.
128 GB? SSD is NOT cheap; especially the ones that Apple uses. Want more storage? You've got 4 TB3 Ports...
Recent MacBook Pro issues? Offtopic much?
Just curious, what headaches? I'm still using a 9yr old HP with 1tb of storage and win10 flawlessly. I never understood when people said windows gives them headaches and doesn't work.
Toms hardware review covers this. They say under load it runs cool. 10 degrees cooler than the MacBook pro. And much cooler than other small form factor PC's. If I remember right they said 85c which isn't bad at all.
Ok these comments are very irritating. What exactly did you get for the $300 cheaper option? Crappy base processor and way too crappy 5400 rpm drive. Did anyone really buy the base model? Obviously not or Apple would have wanted to still include crappy HDDs to get more money.
Price it against a similar-spec'ed "small-form-factor" desktop, like an Intel NUC.
Oh wait. There aren't any!
Their "Enthusiast" model NUC has a 7th Gen i7 (quad core, not hex), ONE TB3 port, and is fugly as the day is long. Oh, and it STARTS at $883. Granted, it has 16 GB of RAM rather than 8 GB; but the rest of the machine is REALLY lame compared with the 2018 mini.